2 Smales Cottages, EX39 5LN

Terraced house67 m²EPC FBand CFreehold

2 Smales Cottages is a freehold terraced house on Smales Cottages in EX39. It last sold for £58,000 in 1999, its only sale in HM Land Registry's records — 27 years in the same hands, well beyond the typical hold.

EPC FCouncil tax C

What this home is

The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.

Property type
Semi-detached house
Semi-detached
Floor area
67 m²
721 sq ft
Built
1930-1949
EPC construction age band
Tenure
Freehold
CO₂
7.2 t/yr
current estimate

EPC data © Crown copyright; bedrooms are the register's estimate, not a survey. Tenure from HM Land Registry.

What is it worth now?

An indicative projection from its own sale record — the report's valuation prices it against individual comparable sales.

EX39 £/m² (recent sales)£2,868this home £866 at its last sale
The local market
Official house price index (UK HPI)

Across Torridge, the official average home value is £264,588-1% in a year, +11% over five.

Detached£386,988
Semi-detached£275,101
Terraced£204,207
Flat / maisonette£134,873

Covers the whole Torridge area, not this postcode.

£5 report
The precise, comparables-based valuation

A point estimate with likely and wide ranges, built from individual comparable sales nearby — each listed with address, date, size and adjusted price.

See everything inside
Comparable sales analysed
Model confidence
Point estimate
Likely range (p50) & wide range (p80)
vs the wider area (£/m² percentile)
Every comparable — address, date, size, sold & adjusted price

You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.

Unlock with the £5 report
Instant · £5 once · no account needed

Indicative range projected from HM Land Registry sold prices; not a formal valuation, survey or appraisal.

Everything on 2 Smales Cottages, unlocked

The valuation with its comparables, every application and document trail, tenure & title, the ten score workings — the full dossier for this one address.

Instant · one-off for this address · no account needed for the £5 report

Sale history

Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 2 Smales Cottages, newest first.

1 recorded sale since 1999.

£100k£200k£300k1999200420092014201920242026£237kSold 1999: £58,000£58k
£100k£200k£300k199920132026£237kSold 1999: £58,000£58k
EX39 yearly medianThis home's recorded sales

This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against EX39's yearly median.

Energy certificate 17 Apr 2019
Rated EPC F · 67 m² recorded
15 Jan 1999Most recent
£58,000
Terraced house · Freehold
Built 1930-1949
Property built
Interwar (1919–1944)
What a home of this era typically means
  • Cavity walls begin to appear, but many of this era are unfilled — worth checking whether they’ve been insulated.
  • Foundations are deeper than Victorian but still shallow by modern standards; clay-heave subsidence is the classic risk.

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

Energy & running costs

What 2 Smales Cottages's Energy Performance Certificate says about efficiency, cost and construction.

EPC band F (36/100) — improvable to B
Heating, hot water and lighting estimated at about £1,481 a year. Certificate valid until April 2029.
Worth checking
!Band F puts this home among the least efficient — minimum-energy-standard rules already bar most F/G lettings, and tighter rules are proposed.
A92+
B81–91
Potential · 83
C69–80
D55–68
E39–54
F21–38
This home · 36
G1–20
CO₂ emissions
7.2 t/yr
current estimate
Built
1930-1949
EPC construction age band
Built form
Semi-detached
Running cost
£1,481/yr
heating + hot water + lighting
Certificate
17 Apr 2019
latest of 5 on record
Heat pump?Possible — check first
Built 1930-1949 — older fabric, so radiator sizing and insulation need checking before a heat pump.
£5 report
The construction detail, element by element

Every fabric element as the assessor described it — walls, roof, floor, windows, hot water and heating construction with its efficiency rating — plus glazing detail and itemised running costs.

See everything inside
Wall construction & insulation, as assessed
Roof & floor construction, as assessed
Windows & glazing detail
Heating & hot-water systems, with efficiency ratings
Itemised running costs (heating / hot water / lighting)

You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.

Unlock with the £5 report
Instant · £5 once · no account needed

EPC data © Crown copyright, from the domestic EPC register. Certificates describe the home as assessed on their date.

The practical file

The running costs and everyday infrastructure a viewing can't show you.

Council tax band C (≈£2,312/yr) · gigabit broadband reaches 0% of premises.

Council tax
Band C
£2,312/yr · Torridge
Gigabit broadband
0%
of premises here
Top speed
0 Mbps
median 0 Mbps
£5 report
Every amenity, counted and priced

The full amenity list by category with names and distances — supermarkets to GPs to gyms — plus parks with sizes and every connectivity measure in full.

See everything inside
Every amenity category, counted with nearest distances
Parks & green spaces with sizes
Connectivity measures in full

You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.

Unlock with the £5 report
Instant · £5 once · no account needed

VOA council-tax band with the authority's current rates; Ofcom broadband coverage; amenities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); EV charging from the National Chargepoint Registry; hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency.

The neighbourhood

Who lives here and how the area ranks — the Torridge 008E neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.

IMD decile 4/10more deprived than most of England; household income about 26% below the national average; shared/rented housing low.

4/10More deprived than most of England
1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

In plain terms: crime and health score well, but a weaker living environment.

Breakdown by domain
Income7/10
Employment7/10
Education & skills4/10
Health8/10
Crime10/10
Housing & access1/10
Living environment1/10

ONS Census 2021 and the English Indices of Deprivation, at neighbourhood (LSOA/MSOA) level — the immediate pocket, not the whole postcode district.

The street and the area

Where 2 Smales Cottages sits in its local market.

EX39 median
£256,000
last 8 years
EX39 £/m²
£2,868
last 8 years

2 Smales Cottages: quick answers

From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.

When did 2 Smales Cottages last sell, and for how much?

2 Smales Cottages last sold for £58,000 on 15 Jan 1999, according to HM Land Registry.

How many times has 2 Smales Cottages been sold?

HM Land Registry records 1 sale for 2 Smales Cottages. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

How big is 2 Smales Cottages?

Its most recent Energy Performance Certificate records 67 m² of floor area.

What council tax band is 2 Smales Cottages?

2 Smales Cottages is in council tax band C, costing about £2,312 a year (Torridge).

How energy efficient is 2 Smales Cottages?

Its most recent EPC rates it F (score 36). Its recommended improvements would take it to B.

How fast is broadband at 2 Smales Cottages?

Top available download speed is around 0 Mbps. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 0% of premises in this postcode. (Source: Ofcom)

Other homes at EX39 5LN

Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Smales Cottages.

All homes at this postcode, with sales counts & floor areas (28)
Last sold
2007
Price
£250,000
Sales
3
Floor area
64 m²
Last sold
2000
Price
£67,500
Sales
1
Floor area
64 m²
Last sold
2014
Price
£247,500
Sales
2
Floor area
67 m²
Last sold
2025
Price
£205,000
Sales
2
Floor area
67 m²
Last sold
2002
Price
£129,000
Sales
2
Floor area
65 m²
Last sold
2018
Price
£172,000
Sales
2
Floor area
65 m²
Last sold
2025
Price
£377,500
Sales
2
Floor area
102 m²
Last sold
2016
Price
£285,000
Sales
2
Last sold
2020
Price
£158,500
Sales
1
Last sold
2021
Price
£350,000
Sales
2
Last sold
2022
Price
£385,000
Sales
3
Last sold
2023
Price
£395,000
Sales
2
Last sold
2011
Price
£227,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2021
Price
£260,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2024
Price
£110,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2023
Price
£600,000
Sales
2
Last sold
2006
Price
£195,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2021
Price
£280,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2018
Price
£370,000
Sales
4
Last sold
2022
Price
£420,000
Sales
1
Last sold
1995
Price
£59,950
Sales
1
Last sold
2011
Price
£269,950
Sales
1
Last sold
2016
Price
£340,000
Sales
2
Last sold
2015
Price
£247,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2020
Price
£325,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2018
Price
£280,000
Sales
1
Last sold
2025
Price
£540,000
Sales
2
Last sold
2021
Price
£255,000
Sales
1

HM Land Registry last recorded sale per address; unsold homes show no price.

Buying or selling 2 Smales Cottages?

The full £5 report opens every locked panel in this dossier — a precise comparables-based valuation, the itemised EPC, planning activity, school results and admissions odds, forward-looking flood risk, a negotiation read and a viewing checklist, for this exact home.

The data behind this dossier
HM Land RegistryEPC RegisterValuation Office AgencyPolice.ukDfE & OfstedEnvironment AgencyDEFRAUKHSA & BGSCoal AuthorityOfcomNaPTANOpenStreetMap

Contains public-sector data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where applicable. Amenity data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Figures describe recorded data and are not a survey or valuation of this home; the indicative range is a projection, not an appraisal. marks detail included in the £5 report.